Hill Country

Blanco ESD board ending volunteer fire contract

KXAN FILE — Blanco County line sign with a burn ban in effect. (Photo: Todd Bynum/KXAN)

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LCRA to lower Lake Marble Falls for 3 months

Lake Marble Falls in May 2021 (Courtesy Reed Norman)

LIST: Central Texas pumpkin patches, fall events

Cattle seized from Burnet County commissioner

Image of cattle seized by Burnet County Sheriff's Office (KXAN Photo/Dalton Huey)

Victims identified in Marble Falls double homicide

William Rutland, 52 (Burnet County Jail Records)

Stay in handmade Mongolian yurts in Wimberley

Pod resort offers Hill Country ‘eco-glamping’ getaway

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How birds are telling Fredericksburg’s history

The mockingbird scavenger hunt is based on the "Main Street Mockingbirds" children's book. (Courtesy: Amy Beicker)

Chronic Wasting Disease discovered in Texas deer

How the Central Texas drought is impacting bats

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HSFB scores from around Central Texas for Aug. 26

HS football scores from around Central Texas

‘Lady in the Lake’ murder case may hinge on DNA evidence

TxDOT plan to expand US 281 worries Blanco neighbors

U.S. 281 sign (KXAN Photo/Candy Rodriguez)

Williamson County

Williamson County prepares for large voter turnout

Officials to host more polling places in November election than any other before.

3rd deadly crash of the year in Taylor

Driver shortage spurs possible raises in Jarrell

Jarrell ISD bus drivers could soon get raises.

Student faces felony charge after fabricating threat

Vista Ridge High School teacher under investigation for allegations he had an improper relationship with a student_315536

Cedar Park teen becomes first female Eagle Scout

Cedar Park girl rises to rank of Eagle Scout

WCSO crime scene unit receives ‘Best Laboratory’ …

Texas Tree Challenge – How you can join in

$5,000 sculpture missing in Georgetown

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Hays County

Top MMA fighter finds home in Wimberley

Texas parent speaks about teacher charged with assault

Local teacher indicted on child sex assault charge

Andrew Palmore (Hays County Jail photo)

Wimberley teacher accused of inappropriate conduct

Brush fire in Buda prompts lockout at McCormick Middle

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DOJ: Texas woman defrauded VA for $300K

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Travis County

Man convicted of sexual assault in 2012-13 offenses

SH 45 project: Hays County responds to opposing letter

Hays County commissioners hope to break ground on the SH 45 Southwest Connector project in two years.

Travis County expanding Narcan access, trainings

Burn ban issued for Travis County

Travis County OKs $300M+ Central Health FY23 budget

Travis County (KXAN Photo/Ed Zavala)

Travis County issues immediate fall burn ban

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Bastrop County

Latest with Confederate monuments in Bastrop County

Some Bastrop ISD buses suspended amid driver shortages

School bus, back to school (KXAN Photo/Kristen Currie)

Central TX neighbors band against giant solar project

Ex-Smithville teacher faces child sex assault charge

Haunted house owner arrested, accused of sexual assault

Wildfire destroys centuries of data at UT facility

UT's Stengl Field Station was decimated by recent wildfires that swept through Bastrop County. (Courtesy: KXAN/Eric Henrikson)

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Austin

AFD at fire in north Austin

Bluff Springs Rd. back open after fire

TXHSFB scores for Sept. 29

Austin school fails standards after safety audit

5 arrested after innocent bystander shot at gas station

14 nonprofits to split $20M in anti-displacement …

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